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Hello. It's me and my dell Optiplex again! This time, I'm thinking about getting a new video card that supports OpenGL, but since my optiplex is a small form factor version, I can't fit my spare video card in it. So can anyone suggest a cheap video card suitable for normal pc gaming, and can still fit in my computer?

Actually, I already have a video card (AMD Radeon HD 5450). It would fit, but to insert it, I'd need to turn the card the other direction, and because the port is so close to the case, I can't fit it because of the card fan, etc. Is there such thing as a PCI slot reverser?

i looked that hp number 589477-001 up and it is a 9500 gs.512mb ddr2 and it looks like a full width card, not a slender one for small form factor config. that opens up alot more options.. are the images bearing likeness to what you have already?

ok, the gx520 sports a celeron d, and i would propose the gt 730. they are relatively low budget and energy efficient .:::

Sorry, yes, the card is PCIe - I hadn't registered you were saying you had turned the card completely around facing backwards.

If the PCIe x16 slot illustrated above is a Ver 2, the legacy PCI slot will have about 1.5% of the bandwidth, so no card fitted to it will give decent gaming performance.

Your system is geared towards business applications, and a modern PCI card could add support for more current features like hardware DirectX acceleration, up-to-date drivers for current Windows or DVI/HDMI connection. High performance won't be a benefit you can gain this way though. Maybe a used PCI card on ebay could be worth the experiment if it's not costing much.